HIPAA Interim Final Rule, October 30, 2009
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.06.09
On October 30, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an interim final rule conforming HIPAA's enforcement regulations to revisions made under the HITECH Act. The interim final rule strengthens HHS' civil money penalty authority by establishing categories of violations reflecting levels of culpability, increasing the civil penalty amounts, and modifying the affirmative defenses available to covered entities.
Click here to view a presentation on the HIPAA Final Rule [PDF]
Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 08.03.26
On July 20, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act into law, making New Jersey the fourth state to regulate algorithmic rent-setting practices. Three days later, on July 23, 2026, Governor Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act, which targets “surveillance pricing”—the practice of using or collecting personal data about a user and using an algorithm or artificial intelligence to charge different consumers different prices for the same products. Together, these laws represent a significant expansion of New Jersey's consumer protection framework in the algorithmic pricing context.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 08.03.26
New York Becomes First State to Restrict Addictive Social Media Features for Minors
Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.03.26
Client Alert | 6 min read | 08.03.26
The Pipe, Not the Posts: How Section 230’s Protections Extend to Generative AI Platforms
